Manley Financial enhances Electronic Trading Services in Canada

Manley Financial today announced the expansion of its electronic trading platform in Canada with specialized local coverage, adding to the Firm's comprehensive algorithmic and direct market access offering. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) May 16, 2014 - Manley Financial's Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Vincent Baldwin said: "As the Canadian market becomes more fragmented and electronic, financial institutions require the necessary technology and services to find the best liquidity at the best price. Manley Financial is fully committed to servicing the Canadian marketplace and we plan to continually enhance our industry-leading electronic trading platform to meet the needs of Canadian high-net worth individuals and financial institutions."

Manley Financial's expanded Canadian offering is a routing mechanism that aims to achieve best execution by routing orders for inter-listed securities to either a U.S. or Canadian market center, based on prevailing prices and liquidity in the respective markets. Inter-listed securities service identifies the market with the best price and most liquidity for inter-listed securities, and automates the foreign exchange (FX) conversion process, reducing FX exposure for clients of Manley Financial.

Manley Financial Clients will have access to a wide range of trading algorithms, including Manley Financial's sophisticated portfolio trading algorithm. In addition to providing Canadian clients with full access to the platform, Manley Financial has also invested in its local sales and coverage team to offer clients regional expertise and support of the product.

Manley Financial is an investment services company which was founded in Hong Kong in 1994 by Peter Manley, Vicente Alvarez and Sebastian Lu. Our founders established the firm to provide a range of investment products such as brokerage, wealth management, mutual funds, asset management and commodity brokering to institutional clients around the world.

Founded as Manley, Alvarez and Lu Financial over 20 years ago, we have commonly been known simply as Manley's in Hong Kong for many years. We changed our name to Manley Financial in 2008 following the retirement of Vicente Alvarez in 2005 and Sebastian Lu in 2008, and have continued to expand our operations throughout Asia. In 2009 we opened our Taipei Bureau, followed by Shanghai in 2010 and Osaka in 2012.

From our institutional background, we expanded the reach of our services in 2011 to include retails clients such as private clients and high net worth individuals as well as financial institutions and institutional investors, mutual funds and corporate clients.

Manley Financial's advice is based upon a solid foundation of research. We invest heavily into our research processes and our team, actively seeking out and recruiting the best and we constantly evolve and seek to improve our methodologies. Manley Financial presently has expert research teams tracking over 30 industry sectors and commodity markets globally.

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